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Table 1 Baseline clinical and demographic characteristics of the study population

From: Blood glucose trajectories and incidence of diabetes mellitus in Ugandan people living with HIV initiated on dolutegravir

Characteristic

Total (%)

Age (years), median (IQR)

31 (27, 38)

Sex

 

 Female

140 (57.6)

 Male

103 (42.4)

Baseline CD4 cell count (cells/mm3), median (IQR)

318 (163, 524)

Level of education

 

 Uneducated

3 (1.2)

 Primary

129 (53.1)

 Secondary

99 (40.7)

 Tertiary

12 (4.9)

Religion

 

 Christian

188 (77.4)

 Muslim

55 (22.6)

Residence

 

 Rural

18 (7.4)

 Urban

225 (92.6)

Employment

 

 No

34 (14)

 Yes

209 (86)

Marital status

 

 Single

135 (55.6)

 Married

108 (44.4)

Tuberculosis status

 

 No symptoms

203 (83.5)

 TB suspect

31 (12.8)

 TB disease

9 (3.7)

Baseline blood pressure (mmHG)

 

 Normal BP

175 (72)

 Pre-hypertension

48 (19.8)

 Hypertension

20 (8.2)

HIV clinical stage

 

 Stage 1

192 (79)

 Stage 2

35 (14.4)

 Stage 3

14 (5.8)

 Stage 4

2 (0.8)

Body Mass Index (BMI) (kg/m2)

 

 Underweight (< 18.5)

24 (9.9)

 Normal (18.5–24.9)

148 (60.9)

 Overweight (25.0–29.9)

57 (23.5)

 Obese (≥ 30)

14 (5.8)

Waist circumference (cm)

 

 Normal

160 (65.8)

 Increased risk of cardiometabolic complications

45 (18.5)

 Substantially increased risk of cardiometabolic complications

38 (15.6)

Smoking status

 

 Smoker

14 (5.8)

 Non-smoker

229 (94.2)

Physical activity (MET minutes)

 

 GPAQ < 600 MET minutes

46 (18.9)

 GPAQ ≥ 600 MET minutes

197 (81.1)

Alcohol consumption

 

 No consumption

139 (57.2)

 Low risk alcohol consumption

67 (27.6)

 Hazardous alcohol consumption

19 (7.8)

 Risk of alcohol dependence

18 (7.4)

24-week viral loads (copies/ml) (Proxy baseline VL)

 

 Virologically suppressed

238 (99.6)

 Unsuppressed Viral load

1 (0.4)

Change in BMI from baseline to week 48, median (IQR)

1.1 (0, 2.3)

Laboratory investigations, median (IQR)

 

 Creatinine (mg/dl)

0.83 (0.72, 0.95)

 LDL (mg/dl)

78.1 (59.6, 94.0)

 HDL (mg/dl)

31.7 (25.9, 39.8)

 Total cholesterol (mg/dl)

136.1 (117.9, 158.6)

 Triglycerides (mg/dl)

90.4 (69.1, 117.8)

  1. MET, metabolic equivalent of task; IQR, interquartile range; LDL, low density lipoproteins; HDL, high density lipoproteins; GPAQ, global physical activity questionnaire; VL, viral load; BMI, body mass index
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